A view of the intersection of Van Ness and Pacific in San Francisco. A driver was arrested early Wednesday for fleeing the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian at the intersection.

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Mageb Hussain, 27, of Emeryville was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run after allegedly striking and killing a pedestrian at Van Ness and Pacific avenues on Tuesday, Feb 12.

(02-13) 18:46 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The driver accused of striking and killing a man early Wednesday morning in San Francisco was out on $30,000 bail after two felony grand theft cases earlier this year, court records show.

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This is not the first run-in Hussain has had with law enforcement, court records show.

About 10 p.m. Jan. 6, Hussain was arrested in a grand theft case stemming from two cell phone robberies. Authorities said that on two occasions - once in the 1100 block of Fillmore Street and the other in the 500 block of Divisadero Street - Hussain waved down passers-by from a rented Hyundai Sante Fe and persuaded them to hand over their cell phones so he could make a call. Once he had each phone safely in his hands, he sped off, the court documents state.

Hussain was caught, however, when one of the victims activated a "find-my-phone" application and police were able to track him down, the records state. He was charged with two counts of grand theft from a person and released on $30,000 bail, according to court records.

In March and April 2011, he was cited twice for speeding and once for driving on a sidewalk in three incidents. He later failed to make court appearances, records show, and his license was suspended in November 2011 - an action that ended in October of last year. Hussain's license is currently valid, the DMV said.

Hussain is due in court Friday to be arraigned for the most recent incident, though the District Attorney's Office would not say exactly what charges would be brought against him.